“The prime minister has asked for this to be urgently looked at and the prime minister believes that Peter Mandelson should not be a member of the House of Lords," a spokesman said. “However the… (View Post)

Hmm. I’m still unconvinced. It shows a shocking level of judgement (Mandelson clearly wasn’t an appropriate figure for the ambassador role) but Starmer has done his usual trick of hiding behind proce… (View Post)

We can rush through legislation in a day. There’s no barrier to it. I think, as @bondegezou mentioned earlier, perhaps the unsaid concern is the precedent it sets. (View Post)

It gets worse and worse…. What didn’t he leak? (View Post)

I think time will tell on the Starmer side. There were lots of questions raised last year about the vetting, and while the whole episode was deeply embarrassing for him and the government, he managed… (View Post)